Stone Barns Center was honored to host the Farmer Veteran Coalition's third EMPOWERING WOMEN VETERANS CONFERENCE that aims to equip women veterans with business and farming tools.
The free conference was open to all active duty and veteran women, as well as women who farm with veterans. It featured on-site workshops in sheep production, year-round vegetable production and farm-to-restaurant sales as well as educational presentations given by women veterans and other experts. Photos by Ben Hider. | Look

Part of the fun and challenge of joining a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program and eating seasonally is broadening our understanding of how we can use varying items of produce. For inspiration and to encourage creativity, we ask members of our community to tell us what they "see" in their Stone Barns CSA box. Click through this slideshow to take a look at what farm-driven cuisine can look like. | Look

A look at this year's annual Young Farmers Conference: 250 farmers from all over the country sharing ideas and learning from one another how to farm successfully--economically and environmentally--into the future.
Photos By: Dario Cantatore, Ethan Harrison and Ben Hider | Look

A look at weekends during the spring, summer and early fall. With the purchase of a Saturday or Sunday admission ticket, you can meet the farmers and participate in hands-on activities, tastings and tours. Every weekend is a little different, following the rhythms of the seasons and the corresponding work on the farm. Visit our homepage for more about planning a trip to the farm. Photos by Ben Hider. | Look

Introducing the 2015 Stone Barns Center apprentices! As part of our Growing Farmers Initiative, these 6 beginning farmers are given real responsibilities and gain practical knowledge of everything it takes to run a resilient farm.
Click through the slideshow to learn a little bit about each of these future farmers. | Look

2014 Young Farmers Conference was held December 3 ??5 at Stone Barns Center. This annual?봞nd now, wildly popular?봥athering is three days of educational programming and training for beginning farmers. The centerpiece of our Growing Farmers Initiative, the conference offers the much-needed opportunity for new and aspiring farmers practicing resilient agriculture to learn from leading thinkers and practitioners, as well as the chance to come together with peers and mentors to network, socialize and dream big. Click through to see some photos and get some facts about this year?셲 conference.
Photos by Erik Jacobs. | Look

Grain production is much less common in the Northeast than it was a century ago.We applaud the small and mid-size grain growers who are leading the way back to good grain production in the Northeast, such as Lakeview Organic Grain, in Penn Yan, N.Y. Here at Stone Barns, we are experimenting with growing grains such as wheat and polenta corn in rotations on our front pasture. In July, Stone Barns Center and Blue Hill at Stone Barns staff helped harvest the wheat. Learn more about these crops and their purpose in this slideshow.
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Introducing the 2014 class of Stone Barns Center apprentices! As part of our Growing Farmers Initiative, these 11 beginning farmers are given real responsibilities and gain practical knowledge of everything it takes to run a sustainable farm in harmony with nature.
Click through the slideshow to learn a little bit about each of these future farmers. | Look

At our annual Sheep Shearing Festival, we celebrate the arrival of spring, the growth of tender new grass, the animals that thrive on our pastures, and in 2014, Stone Barns Center's 10th anniversary! Click through this slideshow to see some of this year's highlights. Thank you to our 2014 sponsors: conEdison, Whole Foods Market, Eileen Fisher and Edible Manhattan. Photos by Ben Hider. | Look

Spring 2014 is running wild in the Stone Barns Center barnyard. Our Finn-Dorset ewes have had their lambs, and the flock is getting ready to head out to pasture after their wool is sheared in early May. Scan through these pictures to learn how we raise our sheep and to see the newest members of our flock. | Look